Heel-lift.



' J. CURRY.

HEEL LIFT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1907.

Pa tented Dec. 22, 1908 -UNITED STATEd PATENT (@FFICE.

JOSEPH CURRY, or SPRiNGFIELD, ILLINGIS.

man-Liar.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed .l'iily 9, 1907; Serial No. 382,902.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH CURRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spring-v field, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Heel-Lifts, of which the folowing isa specification.

This invention relates to heel lifts. The object of the invention is to provide a lift that may be readily applied to or removed from a heel, without the employment of any particular character of tool for the purpose, whereby the ready straightening of a heel may be accomplished by the wearer of the shoe without requiring the serscribed and claimed.

- heel.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a view in pers ectlve of a shoe heel exhibiting the anchor p ate of the present invention ap lied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the ift. Fig. is a view in rear elevationof the heel. Fig. 4 is a side elevation taken from the inner side of the Fig. 5 is a similar view taken from the outer side of the heel.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a shoeheel which may be of the usual or any preferred construction.

, Secured to the heel is an anchor plate 2 which constitutes one of the features of the present invention, the attachment herein shown between the parts being effected by nails 3, but this is not essential as screws may be employed and still be within the scope oftheinvention. The anchor plate may be made of any suitable material and is provided with a longitudinally disposed dovetailed groove 4, with an obliquely disposed shoulder 5, and with a lurality of orifices 6 7 and 8, either one or all of which may be engaged by a screw or by the lift 2 in position.

The lift may be made of an terial, such as rubber or leatli screws for securing preferred maer, the former movided in the being best adapted for use in slippery weatb and the latter in dry weather. The lift is provided with a longitudinally disposed tongue 9, with an obliquely disposed shoulder 1'0, and with a plurality of orifices 11, 12 and 13 to receive a screw or screws that assembles the lift with the anchor plate.

iThe object of having the lift and anchor ate houl ers 5 and 10 is to throw the bulk of the leather of the lift on the outer side of the heel as shown at 14 in Fig. 5. Of course, it

is recognized that nearly every person will wear away the outer side of the heel more rapidly than theinner side,but if the reverse of this be true,-h0wever, it will be only necessary to purchase anchor The tongue 9, where the lift is of leather,

will be secured thereto by nails, but wherethe lift is made of rubber it will be molded or cast integral therewith.

To assemble the lift with the anchor plate (provided with the obliquely disposed plates and lifts made reverse of those 'hown in Figs. 1 and 2.

it will only be necessary to insert the, tongue 9 in the groove 4 and bring the two shoulders 5 and 10 into contact, after which one or more screws are passed through the orifices lift and the plate for the purpose. When the lift becomes worn so that it, is no longer of service another may readily be assembled withthe shoe by the wearer, thereby obviating the loss of time and expense attending the sending of the shoe to a shoemaker.

What I claim is:

An attachment for heels comprising an anchor plate permanently attached to the heel and having a lift-engaging surface arranged in two different planes forming an obliquely disposed shoulder at their junctions, 'the plane of oneof said surfaces being provided with a dovetailed groove, and a lift having its engaging surface formed similar to the engaging surface of the anchor plate and also In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH CURRY.

Witnesses W. H. Cox, F. J. M. Moon. 

